Today’s prompt is a little funny because as I read the first question, I was already thinking of dividing into two parts: toxic student behavior and toxic teacher behavior. Then I read the second question that prioritizes toxic student behavior with no mention of toxic teacher behavior and I had to laugh as I think […]
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The taste of a poison paradise
I think my ecosystem is fairly healthy at this point in the term. The only toxic problems are a couple of partnerships that have more or less needed marriage counseling. In the past, I have seen toxic classrooms that stem from a total lack of respect between students and their teacher. My first year teaching […]
Toxic Behavior in the Classroom
During the first week of classes, I immediately noticed two students who managed to throw slight hiccups into the otherwise successful beginning we had as an English 101 group. When I proposed free writes or any sort of in-class discussion, they would roll their eyes and turn to the student next to them to try […]